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May 14, 2015, 10:00 PM

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Daisuke Wakabayashi / Wall Street Journal:

Apple refutes report claiming HomeKit is delayed, says first devices are coming in June — Apple Says First HomeKit Smart Devices Coming in June — Apple said the first HomeKit-enabled smart-home devices are coming out next month, refuting a report that said delays with the home automation …

More: Daring Fireball, MacNN, iMore, AppleInsider, iDownloadBlog.com, Macworld, Cult of Mac, App Advice and MobileSyrup.com. Tweets: @gigastacey. See also Mediagazer

Stacey Higginbotham / Fortune:

Sources: Apple's HomeKit arriving for some devices in August or September, later than expected [updated]

More: ReadWrite, AppleInsider, Forbes, Digital Trends, VentureBeat, Macworld, The Verge, TechCrunch, Mashable, 9to5Mac, bizjournals, InvestorPlace, Pocketnow, Engadget, MacRumors, SlashGear, Ubergizmo, Cult of Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, The Mac Observer, ZDNet, iPhone in Canada Blog, Seeking Alpha and iLounge

Tweets: @jsnell, @gigastacey and @digiphile

BuzzFeed:

Travis Kalanick, Garrett Camp, and early Uber investors sued by founder of startup called Celluride who claims they stole his idea — An Entrepreneur Is Suing Travis Kalanick And Others For Stealing The Idea For Uber — Kevin Halpern argues that his company, Celluride, was the basis for Uber.

More: PandoDaily, Ars Technica, San Francisco Chronicle and bizjournals

Mike Isaac / New York Times:

Reddit staff to field user complaints in new anti-harassment policy emphasizing safety — Reddit Introduces Anti-Harassment Policy — Reddit, the popular online message forum, has long been a free-for-all for the collective id of the Internet. A few sacred commandments kept users in check …

More: reddit, Ars Technica, The Verge, USA Today, WebProNews, VentureBeat, Re/code, Salon, The Next Web and Gizmodo

Tweets: @mikeisaac, @nytimes, @nostrich and @violetblue

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Jose Pagliery / CNNMoney:

Criminals steal money from Starbucks app users with weak passwords by loading gift cards using their stored payment methods — Hackers are draining bank accounts via the Starbucks app — Thieves are stealing money from people's credit cards, bank and PayPal accounts — by first tapping into their Starbucks mobile app.

Neil Hughes / AppleInsider:

Apple asks court to prevent RadioShack from selling data RadioShack collected about customers buying Apple products, citing reseller agreement — Apple intervenes in Radio Shack sale in effort to protect customer data — Bidding for the RadioShack brand and customer data has ended …

More: bizjournals, iMore, Digital Trends, Yahoo! Finance, MacRumors, Engadget, SlashGear, MacNN, iDownloadBlog.com, iLounge and iPhone in Canada Blog

Jeremy Kirk / PCWorld:

Chinese hackers hid malware attack controls in Microsoft TechNet comments — Microsoft has taken steps to stop a China-based hacking group from using its TechNet website as part of its attack infrastructure, according to security vendor FireEye. — The group, which FireEye calls APT …

More: TechCrunch, ValueWalk, The Register, V3.co.uk and MarketWatch

Rdio Blog:

Rdio launches Rdio Select streaming service at $3.99 per month, with ad-free radio stations and ability to keep 25 songs downloaded — Introducing Rdio Select: Enhanced Stations and Your Choice of Songs to Play Anytime. Only $3.99/month. — We're thrilled to announce a brand new way to enjoy …

Dan Seifert / The Verge:

Sunrise launches Meet, a keyboard for iOS and Android that displays your schedule availability to make booking meetings easier — Sunrise's new keyboard makes it easy to book your next meeting — Scheduling a meeting can be a pain: it usually involves a lot of back and forth …

More: Sunrise, The Next Web, MacStories, iMore, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, Engadget, Business Insider, SlashGear, TechCrunch and FierceMobileIT News

Tweets: @mat, @benbajarin, @dcseifert and @jxnblk

Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:

OpenSignal now helps you find the world's free Wi-Fi hotspots — Crowdsourced wireless coverage startup OpenSignal has launched a new app that shows you all the free Wi-Fi hotspots in your locale. — With Wifimapper, the London-based startup is taking its swath of existing data and pushing it into a new standalone app for iPhone.

More: TechCrunch, MacRumors, FierceMobileIT News, SlashGear and The Next Web

Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:

Bing Will Roll Out Their Mobile Friendly Ranking Algorithm In The Upcoming Months — Bing has announced they will be introducing their own version of mobile friendly ranking signals in the upcoming months. With that, Bing explained how they determine if a web page is mobile friendly …

More: Webmaster Blog, GeekWire, PCWorld, Search Engine Watch, PC Magazine, Pocketnow, The Verge and Search Engine Roundtable

Jeff Benjamin / iDownloadBlog.com:

Apple Watch, which lacks iPhone's Activation Lock feature, can easily be reset if stolen — Watch OS 1.0 lacks the necessary security features to dissuade thieves — The Apple Watch contains security measures to prevent thieves from accessing your data, but it doesn't include …

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Brand Networks Acquires Social Ad Platform Shift For $50M — Social marketing company Brand Networks continues to gobble up the competition — it just announced that it's acquiring Shift in a $50 million cash-and-stock deal. — Back in 2013, it acquired Optimal, another social media advertising company.

More: Xconomy and SHIFT Newsroom

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